40 KINGSFISHER. 



35— PURPLE KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo purpurea, Ind. Orn. i. 253. Gm. Lin. i. 449. 



Martin-pecheur pourpre, Buf. vii. 199. PI. enl. 778. 2. 



Purple Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 630. Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 96. pi. 11. 



SIZE of the last. Bill red ; head, rump, and tail gilded rufous, 

 with a tinge of blue and purple ; back and wing coverts rich blue 

 black ; quills black ; behind the eye a light purple streak, which 

 finishes at the back part with bright blue; throat white; the under 

 parts of the body gilded rufous white ; legs red, 



Inhabits the East Indies ; brought from Pondicherry. 



36— RUFOUS KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo Madagascariensis, Ind. Orn. i. 254. Lin. i. 179. Gm. Lin. i. 449. 

 Ispida Madagascariensis, Bris. iv. 50S. t. 38. f. 1. Id. Svo. ii. 187. 

 Martin-pecheur roux de Madag. Buf. vii. 199. PI. enl. 778. 1. 

 Rufous Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 631. 



LENGTH five inches and a quarter. Bill sixteen lines long, 

 and red ; plumage on the upper parts, of the body rufous ; throat and 

 fore part of the neck white ; the rest to the vent rufous white ; quills 

 blackish ; tail the same with the two middle feathers, and the outer 

 edges of all the rest rufous ; legs red. 



Inhabits Madagascar, and seems much allied to the Purple 

 Species. 



